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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these significant new open educational endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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